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60% of unemployed young Italians would not relocate to get a job?

Italy has
always had a high Youth Unemployment Rate. Statistics on young people neither
in employment nor in education or training (NEET) showed that the highest rates
in 2017, in Europe, were recorded in Italy and Greece, where approximately one
third of all young people aged 20–34 were neither in employment nor in
education and training (30.7 % and 30.5 % respectively). The surprising news is
that 60% of Italian unemployed people aged between 20 and 34 would not be ready
to transfer to get a job. A 20% share is willing to do so within the Peninsula
and the remaining 20% also abroad (7% in Europe, 13% outside). The poor
propensity to the mobility of Italian millennials emerged from a report
published by Eurostat, the European statistical agency. The number of young
Italians exceed the continental average, with a less dramatic gap than one
might think: the EU average of under 34 reluctant to move is 50%, with peaks in
Malta (73%), the Netherlands (69%) and Cyprus (68%). However, Italy hits the
record for the share of young people who have never moved for a job: 98%,
against an EU average of 60%. Even in a dynamic country such as the UK, 57% of
youths are not willing to relocate abroad, while in Ireland 60% of young people
found employment in the municipality of origin.

The map of
the countries with the most mobile young people varies depending on the final
destination. For example, when it comes to moving within their own country, the
most likely are the under 34s of Romania and Germany (both 37%), Ireland and
the Czech Republic (35%). The highest peaks of millennials willing to work in
another European country are recorded in Estonia and Croatia (26%) and Slovenia
(25%). As for long-distance transfers outside the EU, the greater availability
comes from young people living in Sweden (34%), Spain and Finland (28%) and
France (27%). In general, the tendency is to prefer a relocation within the
domestic country, rather than in the rest of Europe. But there are exceptions
such as Bulgaria, where the share of the unemployed open to transfer to the
rest of Europe (23%) is almost double that of those who would choose a job in
the national borders. Taking a close look at those who relocated, Ireland leads
the chart (26%), followed by France (16%), Finland (14%) and Sweden (13%).

At European
level, the willingness to move increases proportionately with the degree of
studies. Unemployed young people who are inclined to move reach the peak
between those who have obtained a "high level of education" (23%
would do so in their own country, 16% in the rest of Europe), against the
levels however discreet of those who have obtained a medium level (20% and 11%)
and a low level of education (21% and 10%).